Chennai

Students oppose gas extraction project

Students of Government Arts College staging a demonstration in front of the college in Salem on Tuesday.   | Photo Credit: E. Lakshmi Narayanan

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The students of the Government Arts College (co-education) in the city, and members of the All India Students Federation (ASIF), staged a demonstration in front of the college on Tuesday in support of the agitation of the residents of Kathiramangalam village, who were protesting against gas extraction project.

They raised slogans against the hydro-carbon and methane projects and also demanded the release of all those who have been taken into custody by the police. They also demanded the Centre to implement the inter-linking of rivers project. Malan, district president of AISF, led the agitation.

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